CLOWNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Derbyshire
England
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 53.27217, Longitude: -1.2547
Location Information
Clowne is a small Derbyshire town situated 8.2 miles East-North-East of Chesterfield. In the churchyard are the graves of 3 soldiers of the Great War and 6 of the 1939-1945 War.
World War One Burial Details
85454 Driver W. J. Francers, "B" Battery, 117th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 5th January 1919, aged 26. Son of George & Annie Francers; husband of A. E. Haynes (formerly Francers) of 114 North Road, Clowne. Special Memorial. his headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
271247 Gunner Horace Johnson, 4th (B) Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th July 1918, aged 20. Son of William & Kezia Johnson of 140 Cresswell Road, Clowne. Grave 634.
128678 Private E. Leary, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 5th October 1919. Son of M. A. Savage (formerly Leary) of Clowne and of E. Savage (Stepfather). Grave 741. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
World War Two Burial Details
2692964 Guardsman George Henry Clarke, 1st. Bn. Scots Guards, died 18th October 1940, aged 36. Son of Charles Henry & Alice Clarke; husband of Grace Mary Clarke of Clowne. Grave 1760. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts"
2693464 Guardsman James Frost 1st. Bn. Scots Guards, died 18th October 1940, aged 30. Son of William & Florence Frost; husband of Lily Frost of Clowne. Grave 1761. his headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts"
1214033 Sergeant George Cyril Phillips, 246 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th January 1943, aged 32. Son of George Henry & Sarah Phillips of Clowne. Awarded the Bronze Medal and Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society, 1941. Grave 1858. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
1495464 Gunner Douglas Kitchener Platts, 422 Battery, 57 Searchlight Regiment, died 11th May 1940, aged 22. Son of George Arthur & Martha Platts of Clown. Grave 1746. His headstone bears the inscription "One Who Loved So Deeply Prayed That You Might Live But God Thought It Best To Take You Home To Rest"
W/300129 Private Celia Thompson, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Royal Artillery, attached to 153 (M) H.A.A. Regiment, died 28th July 1944, aged 21. Daughter of Albert & Elizabeth Thompson of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. Grave 1918.
4979007 Corporal Arthur Wild, Reconnaissance Corps. R.A.C., 49th (West Riding) Regiment, died 31st August 1943, aged 25. Son of John T. Wild & Mary S. Wild of Clowne; husband of Kathleen Wild of Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Grave 1877. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Information provided by Barry Cuttell
Pictures © Brian Cuttell
Clowne is a small Derbyshire town situated 8.2 miles East-North-East of Chesterfield. In the churchyard are the graves of 3 soldiers of the Great War and 6 of the 1939-1945 War.
World War One Burial Details
85454 Driver W. J. Francers, "B" Battery, 117th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 5th January 1919, aged 26. Son of George & Annie Francers; husband of A. E. Haynes (formerly Francers) of 114 North Road, Clowne. Special Memorial. his headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
271247 Gunner Horace Johnson, 4th (B) Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th July 1918, aged 20. Son of William & Kezia Johnson of 140 Cresswell Road, Clowne. Grave 634.
128678 Private E. Leary, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 5th October 1919. Son of M. A. Savage (formerly Leary) of Clowne and of E. Savage (Stepfather). Grave 741. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
World War Two Burial Details
2692964 Guardsman George Henry Clarke, 1st. Bn. Scots Guards, died 18th October 1940, aged 36. Son of Charles Henry & Alice Clarke; husband of Grace Mary Clarke of Clowne. Grave 1760. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts"
2693464 Guardsman James Frost 1st. Bn. Scots Guards, died 18th October 1940, aged 30. Son of William & Florence Frost; husband of Lily Frost of Clowne. Grave 1761. his headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts"
1214033 Sergeant George Cyril Phillips, 246 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th January 1943, aged 32. Son of George Henry & Sarah Phillips of Clowne. Awarded the Bronze Medal and Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society, 1941. Grave 1858. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
1495464 Gunner Douglas Kitchener Platts, 422 Battery, 57 Searchlight Regiment, died 11th May 1940, aged 22. Son of George Arthur & Martha Platts of Clown. Grave 1746. His headstone bears the inscription "One Who Loved So Deeply Prayed That You Might Live But God Thought It Best To Take You Home To Rest"
W/300129 Private Celia Thompson, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Royal Artillery, attached to 153 (M) H.A.A. Regiment, died 28th July 1944, aged 21. Daughter of Albert & Elizabeth Thompson of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. Grave 1918.
4979007 Corporal Arthur Wild, Reconnaissance Corps. R.A.C., 49th (West Riding) Regiment, died 31st August 1943, aged 25. Son of John T. Wild & Mary S. Wild of Clowne; husband of Kathleen Wild of Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Grave 1877. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Information provided by Barry Cuttell
Pictures © Brian Cuttell
